>Name And Address Supplied wrote:

> > The Question A:
> > When b remains positive (spite is
> > ignored) what is the difference between
> > a _reduced_ positive c and a negative c?
> > 
> > Biological translation of question A:
> > What is the difference between just a
> > _reduced_ donation and an investment
> > as measured by Hamilton's rule?
> > 
> > Dr O'Hara's unambiguous answer: 
> > "As far as the  rule is concerned, 
> > none."
> > 
> > I have given Dr O'Hara every opportunity
> > to change this answer. He remains adamant
> > that this is his answer. NAS has explicitly
> > said he does not agree with Dr O'Hara's
> > answer but has now "amended" this so
> > nobody can tell what he means. 

> NAS:-
> I find this accusation offensive. I stand by my unamended answer.

JE:-
I suggest you outline your amended 
answer because I cannot understand 
why it makes any difference.

>snip<

>... we all agree that the question is ambiguous,

JE:-
Of course NOW, but not
BEFORE, did you "all agree".
This is because the implications
have been made very plain to you.
However, please identify
using a simple list, the
supposed ambiguous elements 
within the question so sbe 
readers can see it for 
themselves.

> > JE:-
> > You
> > have done likewise. NAS has a habit 
> > of changing his/her mind and being
> > ambiguous. We all make errors. 
> > However, please refer to our discussion
> > re: the basic requirement for a maximand
> > and his/her "on and off again" definitions 
> > of marginal fitness.

> NAS:-
> I have a single definition of marginal fitness, and I have not altered
> that definition at any point on this newsgroup. I have, once, misread
> a question and given an inappropriate answer, but upon re-reading this
> I immediately pointed out my error, and provided the correct answer.
> Your refusal to drop this is simply more clutching at straws, now that
> you have tied yourself up in so many self-contradictions and you have
> nowhere left to turn.

JE:-
So, you deny that you stated that
marginal fitness was neither absolute
or relative but later, changed your mind
suggesting it was a relative fitness.
Never mind. To clear this up:

Please define marginal fitness and state if 
it is relative, absolute or neither. Please
say how it is measured within Hamilton's 
rule.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser{at}tpg.com.au





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